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Saturday, September 24, 2011

Today I Did This....

I read about a terrible tragedy on several blogs and wanted to join inand help. If you would like to read about it click Here. I have missed helping bloggers lately for good causes and wanted to start helping so I thought I would try. I picked out my fabrics and started.

I haven't made any quilt blocks in a while but I did try.

The cutting went okay but it is time to lay it out and put it together.

So far, so good.

Still looking good.

But then I sewed it together. Then I saw the points do not match.Guess i will have to try again.Any pointers?My blogging friend Pat is going to send me a tutorial to help me.Thank you Pat!

**********************And Today this is what"Sweet Hunter" did!He is a Happy Hunter!

And he shot it with a bow!!!And "Brother" got to see a real deer instead of 2 chickens & a possum!!!

I think if you look at how to alternate pressing of the seams in each row (first row to the left....second to the right, etc.) and then put the pins the way it shows by each seam as the tutorials show, you will be fine. Once I learned that trick, my seams and points were much better. And I thank you for doing a block for this sad family. Have a good day!

Okay, it looks fine but I know you want the points to come together....there are lots of quilters out there with way more experience than me but I'll tell you what I do, what I was taught in class:When you're pinning the pieces together, put the pin in the seam of both of them. Does that make sense? Maybe I should do a photo and show you. I'll see what I can do....but we all have this happen...I just confessed the other day to sewing two blocks together with: first one was sideways and then it was upside down..I had to take the stitching out twice. Such a waste of time.Hope your hand is better.Mama Bear

Val, you ask for some pointers on matching the seams, here is a link where a lady shows some wonderful tutorials. I have watched alot of these and this particular one shows how to nest the seams together. This is exactly the way I have done mine for years. My mother taught me this trick years ago. Hope it helps you. Also, a very important tip to remember when making quilt blocks is, the 1/4 inch seam allowance. If you don't know if your machine foot is exactly 1/4 inch, let me know and I will show you how to do that.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJoDt4DMkFURemember, if I can do it, you can do it.......

I'm going to be making star blocks too, and I'm so worried about my points! I'm not known for accuracy, lol. We'll just keep trying til we get it right, ok? And maybe we can make a mini-quilt with our less than stellar blocks. Congrats to Sweet Hunter on his deer!!

Granny's PERFECT Quilt

It is PERFECT. Perfectly PERFECT. Oh I don't mean perfect stitches, or perfect seams, or perfectly square. It is PERFECT for snuggling under on a rainy, dreary day. It is PERFECT for wrapping up a grandchild who is spending the night. It is PERFECT for making a house when draped over a chair & an end table. It is PERFECT for winding around and around a doll. It is PERFECT for covering up in the car when the air conditioning is on full blast. It is PERFECT for laying on the carpet and putting a baby down for his nap. God has touched Granny's heart and her hands, and her life. He has made her an artist. He has given her the gift of PERFECT quilts.

Written by Marlene B. about the quilt she bought from Granny. (Excerpt from Oct. 7, 2009 post on her blog)

Our Forever Farm

Our Little PEACE of Heaven

"Oh that God would give every mother a vision of the glory and splendor of the work that is given to her when a babe is place in her bosom to be nursed and trained! Could she have but one glimpse in to the future of that life as it reaches on into eternity; could she look into it's soul to see its possibilities; could she be made to understand her own personal responsibility for the training of this child, for the development of its life, and for its destiny,--she would see that in all God's world there is no other work so noble and so worthy of her best powers, and she would commit to no others hands the sacred and holy trust given to her." -JR Miller

Our Prayer

Lord, help us to PLAN, PREPARE, & PLANT what you would have us to. Help us to WEED out of our lives what should not be there. Lord, help us to GROW through you in our relationships, our attitudes, and our lives, always being in your will. Help us to always walk with you. Let us always be thankful and content. Amen